Brett Faulknier, DO
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Vero Beach, FLNPI 1346380771
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $10,156 of the $13,724 with a category attached, or 74.0%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 49.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $5,225 and has fallen 62.0% since, to $1,986 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in FL, where the typical reported total is $25,729.
Across 277 payments — averaging $49.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$7K
- Medtronic$4K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Atricure, Inc.$495
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$176
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$156
- plus $237 from 8 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $357.50 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Boston Scientific$1K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,37925%
- Food & beverage$10,15674%
- Education$1901%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 160 | $6,830 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 50 | $3,760 |
| Boston Scientific | 41 | $2,071 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 6 | $495 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $176 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 8 | $156 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 2 | $63 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $29 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $22 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $20 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- AVEIR$1,377
- ARCTIC FRONT ADVANCE$939
- CARDIOBLATE CRYOFLEX$743
- Arctic Front$657
- ENSITE$488
- Confirm Rx$429
- WATCHMAN Access System$412
- WATCHMAN FLX$386
- OPTIMIZER$352
- EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System$349
- Perclose ProStyle$348
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$327
- ENSITE PRECISION$146
- NA$131
- ROTABLATOR$118
- Farapulse$109
- AMPLATZER TORQVUE 45 X 45$101
- AFFERA MAPPING SYSTEM$101
How this compares
$13,724 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 249 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Florida.
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Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 31 | $35,715 |
| Dofetilide | 20 | $5,224 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 14 | $570 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 13 | $374 |
| Cephalexin | 42 | $164 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 21 | $156 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Vero Beach
- Usman SiddiquiWinter Park$1.2M
- Jose Osorio FilhoMiami$1.2M
- David KenigsbergFort Lauderdale$1M
- Raul WeissMiami Beach$887K
- Naushad ShaikKissimmee$691K
- Parikshit SharmaWeston$462K
- Saumil OzaJacksonville$462K
- Brian BetenskySarasota$412K
- Antonio MorettaSarasota$312K
- Marcelo JimenezAtlantis$295K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.